Finishing what you start is more than a dopamine hit or a “See! Told ya I could do it!†moment. Do you struggle with finishing what you start as a multi-passionate? It could be because you don’t know these 3 secret benefits.
3 Secret Benefits of Finishing What You Start (as a multi-passionate)
1. Making the Energetic Investment Up Front
- You worked your way up to a place where you felt okay with dedicating yourself to that project. Again, this is a big deal for multi-passionates.
- There’s a fear that your other passions might get left behind.
- You’re worried that you’ll want to bail before you reach the finish line. (This was me for YEARS.)
- You wonder how you can bring more of your creativity to the table so you don’t get bored.
2. Accelerated Personal Growth
Another secret benefit to finishing what you start is the massive personal growth that you’ll experience through every stage of the process.
You know who you are during the initial rush of starting something new, but who are you when nobody is signing up and you’ve got to refine your messaging while still showing up confidently?
Who are you when tech issues happen on the day of your first masterclass?
Who are you when everything is going almost *too* smoothly?
Finishing what you start will reveal parts of yourself that you may not have met otherwise. As you move through the various stages of a project, you learn about your energetic bandwidth, likes, loves, hell no’s, and so much more. This is huge.
Try this: Become intentional about mapping your personal growth throughout the various stages of completing your project by keeping a record. You could do this by journaling, documenting your process on social media, creating a blog series, or talking it out on your podcast. Being able to look back and reflect on what you moved through during each phase will provide evidence of the accelerated personal growth that finishing what you start provides.
3. Making Peace with Maintenance
Another secret benefit to finishing what you start, especially as a multi-passionate is making peace with maintenance. Maintaining what you create isn’t the sexiest topic, but it’s what’s required to begin building a loyal community of people who know they can count on you to deliver results!
This goes BEYOND “showing up consistently on social media.†Finishing what you start means that you’ve delivered a transformation for your community/clients/audience and in order to do that you’ve had to make peace with the maintenance phase. Something as simple as sending out a recap email each week or fulfilling your promise to hold a certain number of coaching calls is what I’m talking about when I say “maintenance.â€
It might not sound like a big deal, but this is what matters to your people.
3 Things Getting in the Way of Finishing What You Start
1. Not knowing what to start with in the first place
Tell me if you can relate:
You’ve taken several courses, worked with a few coaches, and have all the tools you need to get started and yet- something is holding you back.
Maybe it’s feeling like you don’t have an audience large enough to put in the effort of showing up and sharing.
2. Not having support and accountability through each phase
Free Facebook groups are cute, but that’s not where you’re going to find support from someone who understands the unique challenges that you face as a multi-passionate. Chances are if you’re crowdsourcing from large groups, you’re getting advice from someone who is a millisecond away from pitching their service.
Investing in support and accountability from someone who GETS you (even when that investment feels scary AF) is what will accelerate your growth.
For example, I could have joined a free Facebook group for newbie podcasters, but I knew that in order to have high-quality, customized support, I needed a coach that I vibe’d with to work directly with me. So, I made the investment even though it felt scary AF at the time. The result? (Spoiler alert!) My podcast is now set to launch in less than a month!
Don’t underestimate the return on your investment when you find someone you truly want to work with. Game changer is an understatement.
If you’re looking for a coach who understands you, consider applying for my group coaching experience for multi-passionates! Check this page to see if we’re currently accepting applications.
3. Giving up because you’re not seeing results fast enough
Finishing what you stat will involve embracing this repetition, and back to my previous point, having someone to hold you accountable for sharing your offerings (and cheering you on along the way) can work wonders.
Try this: Put a sticky note on your desk that says “Talk about (your current project) at least 3x a week” and then stick to it. That could mean 3 social posts, 3 conversations with your ideal client, or a combination of both.
What you do isn’t as important as starting to be comfortable with repetition.
Let’s Recap
1. Making an energetic Investment
2. Accelerated Personal Growth
3. Making Peace with Maintenance
And there’s more where that come from! I want for you to experience the life-changing art of finishing what you start without getting stuck in decision fatigue and procrastination loops. That’s why I’m adding a brand new workshop to the Multi-Passionate Mastery Bundle called… “How to Finish What You Start as a Multi-Passionate!” Get access to the class as well as a curated set of self-paced trainings, downloadable content vault, AND access to all future updates by grabbing the bundle right here.
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